Yanbin Tan¹, Xingwen He^1,*, Lei Shi², Shi Zheng³, Zhe Zhang¹, Xinshan Wang²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.131, No.2, pp. 1041-1061, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.018543

Abstract To numerically evaluate the reinforcement effect on dynamic characteristics of a concrete-filled steel tube arch bridge with vibration problems, a 12-degree-of-freedom sprung-mass dynamic vehicle model and a 3D finite element bridge model were established. Then, the coupled equations of vehicle-bridge interaction were derived and a computer program was developed using the FORTRAN language. This program can accurately simulate vehicle-bridge coupled vibration considering the bumping effect and road surface irregularity during motion of the vehicle. The simulated results were compared with those of relevant literatures to verify the correctness of the self-developed program. Then, three reinforcement schemes for the bridge (Addition… More >

Shaozhi Zhang, Ruoyi Xie, Mengjie Xu, Guangming Chen^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.16, No.6, pp. 1177-1189, 2020, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2020.010352

Abstract Pre-freezing is an important stage in freeze-drying processes. For the lyophilization of a cell, freezing not only plays a role for primary dehydration, but it also determines the amount of residual (intracellular or extracellular) water, which in turn can influence the solution properties and the choice of operation parameters. The freezing of human platelets in lyoprotectant solution is theoretically investigated here. A two-parameter model and an Arrhenius expression are used to describe cell membrane permeability and its temperature dependency. It is assumed that the intracellular solution is composed of four components: sodium chloride, trehalose, serum protein and water, while the… More >

P.D. Shah¹, Ch. Song², C.L. Tan¹, X. Wang¹

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.2, No.4, pp. 225-238, 2006, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2006.002.225

Abstract Numerical T-stress solutions in two dimensional anisotropic cracked bodies are very scarce in the literature. Schemes to evaluate this fracture parameter in anisotropy have been reported only fairly recently. Among them are those developed in conjunction with two different computational techniques, namely, the Boundary Element Method (BEM) and the Scaled Boundary Finite-Element Method (SBFEM). This paper provides a review of the respective schemes using these techniques and demonstrates their efficacy with three examples. These examples, which are of engineering importance, involve cracks lying in a homogeneous medium as well as at the interface between dissimilar media. The numerical T-stress solutions… More >

Akira Matsumoto^1,*, Taku Itoh², Soichiro Ikuno¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 43-43, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05496

Abstract In this study, an improvement technique of convergence property of Communication Avoiding (CA) Kyrlov subspace method is proposed, and parallelization efficiencies of CA Krylov subspace method is numerically investigated. As is known that most of all the procedures of the Krylov subspace method are constituted by addition of vectors, inner products and multiplication of matrices and vectors. These operations are very easy to derive a parallelization efficiency. However, the candidate coefficient matrices of linear system obtained from the numerical analysis such as Finite Element Method are large sparse matrices, and communications occur between Processing Units at short intervals in parallel… More >

Francesca Cosmi^*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 87-105, 2015, DOI:10.3970/mcb.2015.012.087

Abstract Bone tissue is a complex multi-scale material and its morphological and functional characteristics are influenced during one’s life by constant changes, physiological and pathological. A recent technique can classify the mechanical response of trabecular bone by simulating the application of loads with a Cell Method model derived from plane radiographic images of the proximal epiphyses in the patient’s hand fingers, thus complementing the individual assessment with a low cost exam. The mesoscale pathological modifications (i.e. due to osteoporosis) can be detected and quantified, despite the simplification due to the use of radiograms. In this work, this approach is validated using… More >

J.H. Lv¹, Y. Miao^1,2, H.P. Zhu¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.91, No.2, pp. 101-117, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.091.101

Abstract The accurate and efficient evaluation of nearly singular integrals is one of the major concerned problems in the implementation of the boundary element method (BEM). Among the various commonly used nonlinear transformation methods, the distance transformation technique seems to be a promising method to deal with various orders of nearly singular integrals both in potential and elasticity problems. In this paper, some drawbacks of the conventional distance transformation, such as the sensitivity to the position of projection point, are investigated by numerical tests. A general distance transformation technique is developed to circumvent these drawbacks, which is aimed to remove or… More >

Y.C. Shiah¹, C. L. Tan², C.Y. Wang¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.87, No.1, pp. 1-22, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2012.087.001

Abstract The fundamental solution, or Green's function, for 3D anisotropic elastostatics as derived by Ting and Lee (1997) [Q.J. Mech. Appl. Math.; 50: 407-426] is one that is fully explicit and algebraic in form. It has, however, only been utilized in boundary element method (BEM) formulations quite recently even though it is relatively straightforward and direct to implement. This Green's function and its derivatives are necessary items in this numerical analysis technique. By virtue of the periodic nature of the angles when it is expressed in the spherical coordinate system, the present authors have very recently represented the Green's function as… More >

Sanjeev Saxena¹, Raghvendra Singh², Geeta Agnihotri²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 257-270, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2013.036.257

Abstract The present numerical study is an attempt to understand the dependency of characteristic distance on the fracture specimen thickness and temperature. The presented work will be useful to establish the characteristic distance prediction methodology using three dimensional FEM model. Based on the methods proposed for the numerical prediction of characteristic distance, it comes out that it depends on fracture specimen thickness and finally it converges after a specified thickness of fracture specimen. In Armco iron material, characteristic distance varies in temperature ranges where dynamic strain ageing phenomenon is observed, initially decrease and then increases again. More >